9-Year-Old Girl Dragged, Killed by School Bus in Plainfield, Massachusetts

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A child is dead after being dragged, then hit, by a school bus in Massachusetts Friday.

A 9-year-old girl is dead after being dragged and hit by a school bus Friday afternoon in Plainfield, Massachusetts.

State police confirm the bus stopped to let the child off around 4 p.m. on South Central Street. Following a preliminary investigation, police believe the door closed while she was exiting. She was caught in the door, and the bus dragged her a short distance, then hit her.